[08.00.34, July 31, 2007] (Tuesday) At 9 am, the provincial government will hold a press conference, announcing activities concerning The First Yantai International Cartoon and Animation Festival and Shandong Network Cartoon and Animation Carnival.

[09.07.48, July 31, 2007], Huang Zecun: Friends from the media, ladies and gentlemen, good morning.

[09.11.06, July 31, 2007], Huang Zecun: At present, the proportion of traditional cultural industry in our province is predominant while new cultural industries with high-tech, high added value, high rate of return are relatively weak and the cartoon and animation industry develops even more slowly. To further accelerate our province''s cartoon and animation industry, The First Yantai International Cartoon and Animation Festival and Shandong Network Cartoon and Animation Carnival will be held in Zhifu District, Yantai City, from August 24 to 27, and that is one of the important festivals held in our province for the prosperity of cultural cause and development of cultural and creative industry.

[09.12.00, July 31, 2007], Huang Zecun: Today, we will hold a provincial government press conference and invite officials concerned to give briefings on the related matters. Present at the conference are Mr. Xu Xianghong, deputy director of the Publicity Department of the Provincial CPC Committee, Mr. Xie Zhixiu, deputy director of the Provincial Department of Culture, Mr Wei Shaoshui, director of the Provincial Bureau of Radio, Film and Television, Mr. Wang Zhuoming, director of the Provincial Press and Publications Bureau, and Mr. Hao Dejun, member of the Standing Committee of Yantai City Party Committee and executive Deputy Mayor.

[09.12.36, July 31, 2007], Huang Zecun: First of all, we will have Mr. Hao Dejun, member of the Standing Committee of Yantai City Party Committee and executive Deputy Mayor, give a briefing on the preparations and the important activities concerning The First Yantai International Cartoon and Animation Festival and Shandong Network Cartoon and Animation Carnival.

[09.13.24, July 31, 2007] Hao Dejun: Distinguished Leaders, Ladies and Gentlemen, friends from the media, good morning.

[09.13.39, July 31, 2007] Hao Dejun: In this romantic summer, animated cartoons will sing merrily. The First Yantai International Cartoon and Animation Festival and Shandong Network Cartoon and Animation Carnival will be held in Zhifu District, Yantai City, from August 24 to 27.

[09.17.02, July 31, 2007] Hao Dejun: In recent years, Yantai City Party Committee and Yantai Municipal government have attached great importance to the development of cartoon and animation industry, and, with the aim to build a city with important cultural industries and online game cartoon and animation industry, put online game cartoon and animation industry in the city''s "11th Five-Year" development program. They have promulgated such documents as Suggestions for Accelerating the Development of Software Industry, defining the supportive and rewarding policies for cartoon and animation industry. The construction of the carrier of cartoon and animation industry has been strengthened, and a cartoon and animation base of 70,000 square meters has been built with government funds, with 17,000 square meters already in use, focusing on the development of digital cartoon and animation, creative production, and mobile phone game industry. The base is intended to take the course of combing nurturing and introduction, and efforts will be made to forge it into a domestically first-class cartoon and animation base, with advanced technology and marked characteristics. Our contact with domestic and foreign institutions of higher education has been strengthened, and animation experts and scholars have been invited to institutions of higher education in Yantai to pass on their valuable knowledge and experience, which ensures the personnel support for the development of cartoon and animation, software and service outsourcing businesses. The number of cartoon and animation businesses has increased, online game cartoon and animation products have mushroomed, and the scale of the industry has significantly expanded.

[09.18.12, July 31, 2007] Hao Dejun: During the event, a variety of investment and trade talks will be carried out, and officials, guests, and the related exhibition participants and festival attendants will be organized to visit the Yantai Cartoon and Animation Base. The Second Shandong Province Cartoon and Animation Contest will display the topnotch works of the province. Shandong Network Cartoon and Animation Carnival will combine the features of cartoon and animation’s youth, fashion, alternativeness and passion to continuously create activities of general interest at the festival. In the exhibition hall, apart from enterprise display, there are also a large stage for cartoon and animation performances, a colorful daubing section, a section for original cartoon reading and selection, a children-oriented education section, a section for showing animated cartoons, a COS society group photo section, a dynamic game section, an cartoon and animation experiencing section, £ácartoon and animation supermarket, which will make visitors feel that there are novelties every day and they can meet surprises all the time, and lead visitors into a new world of animated cartoons.

[09.18.34, July 31, 2007] Hao Dejun: During the festival, major festive activities include a grand festival reception, a thanks banquet, a passionate fireworks show of four movements, the grand opening evening party of "Singing Shandong • the Evening of Yantai Cartoon and Animation", inspections of and visits to scenic spots in Yantai, Shandong Network Cartoon and Animation Carnival cosplay contest, the selection of the image ambassador of Yantai cartoon and animation, a flower vehicle parade, and various forms of square cultural activities and the garden activities. In addition, the unveiling ceremony of the Yantai Cartoon and Animation Base will be held, Yantai Cartoon and Animation Association will be inaugurated, and enterprise signing ceremonies will be held. During the festival, the Provincial Cultural Industry Office will host a high-level conference of Chinese, Japanese and South Korean cartoon and animation industry, and government officials, professional elite, experts, scholars and a large number of friends from the media of the three countries will attend the conference.

[09.20.27, July 31, 2007] Hao Dejun: In the fiery August, the charming Yantai will become a sea of joy, The First Yantai International Cartoon and Animation Festival and Shandong Network Cartoon and Animation Carnival will bring you brand-new feelings. Here, on behalf of the CPC Yantai City Party Committee, Yantai municipal government and the cartoon and animation festival organizing committee, I sincerely invite all of the present leaders, guests, and friends from the media to attend the cartoon and animation festival, imagining a bright future for the cartoon and animation industry, constructing unlimited prospects of the cartoon and animation market. The warm, hospitable, hard-working and sincere Yantai people are expecting your arrival!

[09.21.32, July 31, 2007] Hao Dejun: Thank you.

[09.22.24, July 31, 2007], Huang Zecun: Now, it is time to answer journalists’ questions. Please make known what news units you are from.

[09.45.53, July 31, 2007], Huang Zecun: Well, no more journalists’ questions.

[09.46.02, July 31, 2007], Huang Zecun: With its rich historical and cultural resources and strong related industrial foundation, Shandong has unique advantages to speed up the development of cartoon and animation industry. As a practical result of cultural development, The First Yantai International Cartoon and Animation Festival and Shandong Network Cartoon and Animation Carnival is rich in content, and has unlimited business opportunities. It is hoped that the media will give a good publicity to this cartoon and animation festival, and give full attention and coverage to its major activities so as to create a good atmosphere of public opinion for the success of the whole event.

[09.46.50, July 31, 2007], Huang Zecun: Today''s news conference is over. Thank you.